Once
upon a time there was a rich man living in Benares who was addicted
to gambling. He played dice with another gambling addict, a man whose
mind worked in tricky ways.

While the rich
gambler was very honest and above board, the tricky one was dishonest.
When he kept on winning he kept on playing. But when he began to lose
he secretly put one of the dice in his mouth and swallowed it. Then
he claimed it was lost and stopped the game.

The rich gambler
began to notice this trick. Then one day he decided to teach him a
lesson. He smeared poison on the dice and let it dry so it was invisible.
He took these dice to the usual place and said, "Let's play dice!"

His friend agreed.
They set up the gambling board and began to play. As usual the tricky
one began by winning every throw of the dice. But as soon as he began
to lose he sneaked the dice into his mouth.

Seeing this the
rich gambler said, "Swallow now, and then something you don't
expect will happen. Your own dishonesty will make you suffer much."

After swallowing
the poison dice the trickster fell down sick and fainted. The rich
gambler, who was basically good at heart, thought, "Enough is
enough. Now I must save his life."

He made a medical
mixture to cause vomiting. He made him swallow it, and he threw up
the poison dice. He gave him a drink made with clear butter, thick
palm syrup, honey and cane sugar. This made the trickster feel just
fine again.

Afterwards he
advised him not to deceive a trusting friend again. Eventually both
gamblers died and were reborn as they deserved.